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Opportunities and Challenges of Rural Women Entrepreneurship with special reference to Vaishali District of Bihar

Sarita Kumari Singh

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As women constitute a most valuable part of society and development of a society is mainly dependent on the development and participation of women. The population of women in the country also nearly half of its total population. In India there is huge amount of poverty and unemployment and to solve such problems entrepreneurship may be an effective tool through which unemployed people may get job or start their business and thereby reduce poverty. Women entrepreneurship is the mechanism through which women empowerment can be enhanced. But the participation of women in entrepreneurial activities are very less as compared to male entrepreneurship. Opportunities are available but they want proper utilization of opportunities. So there is need to develop participation of women in entrepreneurial activities in the Vaishali district of Bihar so that there will be equal opportunities for women also for the empowerment.

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As women constitute a most valuable part of society and development of a society is mainly dependent on the development and participation of women. The population of women in the country also nearly half of its total population. In India there is huge amount of poverty and unemployment and to solve such problems entrepreneurship may be an effective tool through which unemployed people may get job or start their business and thereby reduce poverty. Women entrepreneurship is the mechanism through which women empowerment can be enhanced. But the participation of women in entrepreneurial activities are very less as compared to male entrepreneurship. Opportunities are available but they want proper utilization of opportunities. So there is need to develop participation of women in entrepreneurial activities in the Vaishali district of Bihar so that there will be equal opportunities for women also for the empowerment.

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As women constitute a most valuable part of society and development of a society is mainly dependent on the development and participation of women. The population of women in the country also nearly half of its total population. In India there is huge amount of poverty and unemployment and to solve such problems entrepreneurship may be an effective tool through which unemployed people may get job or start their business and thereby reduce poverty. Women entrepreneurship is the mechanism through which women empowerment can be enhanced. But the participation of women in entrepreneurial activities are very less as compared to male entrepreneurship. Opportunities are available but they want proper utilization of opportunities. So there is need to develop participation of women in entrepreneurial activities in the Vaishali district of Bihar so that there will be equal opportunities for women also for the empowerment.

Key concepts: Entrepreneurship, Poverty, Empowerment, Unemployment, Economic growth, Women entrepreneurs, Population, Business

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